CMS Final Rule on Emergency Preparedness: What Health Centers Need to Know

October 11, 2017 12:00-1:30 p.m. PDT / 3:00-4:30 p.m. EDT

In September 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released their CMS Emergency Preparedness Requirements that outlines four core elements which are applicable to 17 health care provider types. All providers and suppliers, including health centers, will have until November 15, 2017 year to comply or risk losing federal funding.

Join fellow health centers and other providers to learn more about the CMS Emergency Preparedness Requirements, which include guidelines on how to:

Develop Risk Assessment and Emergency Plans

Develop Communication Plans to contact staff and patients, and to coordinate communication within the facility, across health care providers, and with state and local public health departments and emergency management

Develop Emergency Policies and Procedures that support effective emergency response and recovery

Conduct Training and Plan Testing including a full-scale exercise to maintain and at a minimum update annually